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The news that MotoGP fans have been waiting for for so long has finally been made public: Today, the Fiat Yamaha Team issued a press release announcing the replacement for Valentino Rossi. Contrary to the hopes and expectations of the fans, it is not going to be someone from the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha team, nor a rider from Yamaha's World Superbike team. Instead, Yamaha - like Honda with Hiroshi Aoyama - have elected to put a test rider on the bike, and fill the vacancy with Wataru Yoshikawa until the start of the summer break.

The choice of Yoshikawa underlines the difficulties which MotoGP teams face in finding replacement riders. With testing severely limited, the Bridgestone spec tires requiring experience to get the best from them, and a limited number of engines to last the season, the risks of putting an untested rider on the bike have started to outweigh the benefits of any experience gained.

Below is the text of the official Fiat Yamaha press release:

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